A CHILD'S EYE VIEW: WORKSHOPS FOR ADULTS
Two, day long workshops were provided for adults wanting practical experience and inspiration to create projects for children. Most who signed up were childcare professionals, some parents or grandparents.

The workshop leaders were keen that participants not be intimidated by the scale of A Child's Eye View. It was made explicit that to create such an environment had required many things they would not have access to - an empty space, a team of artists working for weeks on end and a large team of support staff for example. The focus was on the participants own space, and what might be possible there. A significant amount of time was spent thinking about what they had available to them in their working environment, and how they might be able to best utilise it. People were able to imagine possibilities, even in the most difficult of spaces - for example, in a playgroup where not even a picture can be left on the wall from one day to the next.

The installation was examined in detail to discover how things were made, and participants were given opportunities to make things for themselves. Materials and tools were provided, as was a great deal of individual support. This meant that people were able to achieve more than they had possibly imagined - re-creating the structure for placing fibre optic lights in the floor; building their own wishbone shaped den; making lights out of measuring jugs. All the participants were women, and many were delighted at the opportunity to use power tools in a safe environment - sometimes for the first time. The level of excitement at what had suddenly become possible was huge, and people were inspired and refreshed by the day. One person commented "I can't believe I've been able to do it. I understand now how the children feel when they make something, how proud they are."